“Asublimelycontemporarystudyofauniversaltruth:Growingupisweirdtodo.Inventive,funny,grotesque,andribald--abookwithsomethingforeveryoneaslongasnoonedemandsthatitmakessense.“--KirkusReviewsTackyGoblinisthediaryofayoungman’sjourneythroughthegrotesqueunderbellyofdailylife.Ormaybeitistheexposureofdailylifeitselfasagrotesqueunderbelly,blisteredandsearingandglaringlyobvious,likeapassed-outsunbather.FleeingatalkingmoldstainintheceilingofhisbedroominChicago,hemovestoLosAngeles,whereherentsanapartmentwithhissister,Kim.Despitethenewcity,newfriends,andnewloveinterests,somethinghauntshim.Thesiblingsshareasurrealandirreverentviewoflife,andperhapsKimcanhelphimoutofhisfunk.Ormaybeshe’lljustleadhimtohell.Absurdist,nihilistic,lovable,TackyGoblinisaveryfunnylookatthedarksideof(not)becomingagrown-up.
